Words for Cat in Many Languages

As compiled from the Usenet news group rec.pets.cats May - July 1995, with occasional subsequent additions.

[Thanks to Paolo, Raewyn, Okan Cetin, "DUKPIXtoo", Laura Ann Mihstol, Krisztian Berta, TimP, Dierdre W., and
Anne Marit Jerpstad for the new words, to Sezer Yalcin and Andrew Bajorinas for the corrections, and a huge thank you to
Andras Rajki, who shared his own list and nearly doubled this one in July 2005, and then sent even more in 2008!]

Amharic (Ethiopian): domadh (pronounced "domath", demmu)

Afrikaans: kat; kitten = katjie

Alabama: kai

Albanian: mace

Algonquin (Cherokee): sinta

Am. Sign Language: "take thumb and forefinger, put them alongside face and open and close them while stroking (your whiskers) outward..."